6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (828+ words) I had the pleasure of speaking with Soileau over Zoom and email where we discussed the complicated nature of ownership, the long-term effects of short-sighted decisions, and the importance of looking below the surface of seemingly enchanting ways of living....

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (774+ words) I decided I did not like Cairn. Dental hygiene school focused on practical matters: painting sealant, operating the x-ray machine, and how to pull a tooth, in that rare eventuality. No one mentioned the emotionally grueling torture of scraping hate-plaque…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (787+ words) Once upon a time there was a girl named Lux Nightmare who thought you could change the world by taking your clothes off. So she did. And it worked, sort of. These days she tries to change the world by beating…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (454+ words) Throughout Black. Single. Mother. Lemieux details her personal experience being and being raised by a Black single mother. She separates her personal experiences into two sections, “Longing” and “Belonging”, before the collection shifts to other Black single mothers’ experiences, interviews…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (987+ words) © 2026, The Rumpus. “The literary world” is a phrase I’ve heard spoken too many times to count—and it’s a world I’ve been immersed in for all of my adult life. But never has that world been so thoughtfully dissected as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (626+ words) It was such a pleasure speaking to Edwidge Danticat over Zoom. I have adored Danticat’s writing since college when I read her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory (Soho Press, 2015). I remained a steadfast fan of all of her books, her…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (866+ words) I have procrastinated this response because I know I will be twisting myself into knots to avoid my own hypocrisy, so I am going to attempt to interrogate my reaction to your date with enough self-awareness to admit that your…...